Class 5 allomorphy in Ciyao
Studies of Ciyao, a Bantu language classified as P.21 by Guthrie [1967-71], agree that there are 18 noun classes, each of which determines a primary prefix on the noun, and concord prefixes on elements that agree with head nouns. Most of the primary prefixes have the shape CV- or N- both in Proto-Ba...
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oai:doaj.org-article:91afb43e9a55454895a769a38d3136332021-11-19T03:53:53ZClass 5 allomorphy in Ciyao10.32473/sal.v26i2.1073920039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/91afb43e9a55454895a769a38d3136331997-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107392https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XStudies of Ciyao, a Bantu language classified as P.21 by Guthrie [1967-71], agree that there are 18 noun classes, each of which determines a primary prefix on the noun, and concord prefixes on elements that agree with head nouns. Most of the primary prefixes have the shape CV- or N- both in Proto-Bantu and in Ciyao. In contemporary Ciyao, class 5 nouns take a prefix which has two allomorphs, the expected CV- di- alternating with the isolated CVV- dii-, posing the problem of how to explain their source and distribution. The purpose of this paper is to document the realization of Ciyao class 5 in detail, and to demonstrate that the di/dii- alternation is prosodically conditioned.Annindo S. NgungaLibraryPress@UFarticleCiyaonoun classPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 26, Iss 2 (1997) |
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Studies of Ciyao, a Bantu language classified as P.21 by Guthrie [1967-71], agree that there are 18 noun classes, each of which determines a primary prefix on the noun, and concord prefixes on elements that agree with head nouns. Most of the primary prefixes have the shape CV- or N- both in Proto-Bantu and in Ciyao. In contemporary Ciyao, class 5 nouns take a prefix which has two allomorphs, the expected CV- di- alternating with the isolated CVV- dii-, posing the problem of how to explain their source and distribution. The purpose of this paper is to document the realization of Ciyao class 5 in detail, and to demonstrate that the di/dii- alternation is prosodically conditioned. |
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